Roger Clemens vs. Barry Bonds

Yahoo! Sports columnist Dan Wetzel makes the same point today that The Trentonian's L.A. Parker brought up when Roger Clemens came through town this past summer on a rehab start with the Trenton Thunder.

That Roger Clemens is as villainous as Barry Bonds, and just as much of a cheater. The only difference is the color of their skin.

Why did this steroid news about Clemens come today like it was out of the blue, when you hear now that Major League Baseball people have been whispering about a Clemens steroid connection for years?

Weren't the same signs there ... an aging player suddenly getting better and more dominant when everything we know about the way a body breaks down as it gets older would tell us that the opposite should happen?

Granted, there's the BALCO connection and the steroids book linking Bonds, but neither player has tested positive for steroids under Major League Baseball's testing program.

Yet Bonds has been villified while Clemens has been readied for Hall of Fame sainthood.